That looks more okay than I would have expected. If this were a 'generic' sci-fi show I might watch it, but the connection to Superman makes me less interested. Just as I avoided SMALLVILLE (and GOTHAM), I'm not interested in something from the Superman mythos that doesn't feature Superman.

Plus these shows always seem to be loaded with wink-wink, nudge-nudge moments that quickly grow tedious.

I was able to find this trailer elsewhere and it looks pretty interesting to me. I've always been interested in Krypton's past and really enjoyed the mini series World of Krypton by Mike Mignola and JB. It's one of the few concepts I think could really benefit as a prequel.

JB's take on Krypton was an improvement over that Silver and 'Bronze' Age drivel, especially the '70s 'World Of Headbands/Krypton',usually by Elliot S (use a damn period, already)! Maggin, in which the planet and guys with hyphenated names were plugged into weak science-fiction plots, usually with a clumsy 'flashback narrative device(Superman stopping to chat with Perry White mowing his lawn leads to a long-winded story about Jax-Ur's cousin Garden-Ur taming a fierce 'Kryptonian Grass-Beast' in the Scarlet Jungle).

I never enjoyed those either. Though I could've lived without a rebooted version of Krypton provided that (a) the look of Jor-El and Lara was revised at least somewhat, and (b) Krypton was relegated to past, for real this time, and no more stories about Krypton were ever printed.

Even returning Superman to being the Last Kryptonian wouldn't have required much of a reboot. Supergirl (Kara) was dead. The Kandorians were elsewhere -- just never mention them again, or say their existence was erased by CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. The Phantom Zone villains? Kill them all off. (Have Lex Luthor do it, he'd surely enjoy it.)

The fact they drew a lot of inspiration from World of Krypton is good news, but in the same breath they add that they were also inspired by the Man of Steel film and that negates the good news. I did think this trailer looked pretty good though.

I would have more interest in this if it didn't have to focus on the El family.

A series dealing with Krypton society as a whole and showing us their culture, technology, and politics (If ever there was a good metaphor for climate change and it's deniers, it would be Krypton!) would be far more interesting IMHO simply another elaborate "origin story" for Superman.

This should make for an interesting study in contrasts. When a New York Times article made specific reference to SMALLVILLE having been derived in large part from my work, I had to nudge DC with a couple of suggestions that maybe I should get a coupla bucks.

Now, all these years later, they keep sending me check for my "contriunition" to stuff on which I do not see a while lot of my fingerprints.

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